Six in Ten Canadians (60%) Believe We Can Never Trust the Americans the Same Way Again

A new Ipsos poll finds that six in ten Canadians (60%) say we can never trust the Americans the same way again, a number that has stayed steady since tracking began in February. Meanwhile, half of Canadians (51%) approve of the way Prime Minister Mark Carney and the federal government are managing Canada - U.S. relations, while one-third (32%) disapprove and 18% are not sure.

Most (71%) also agree the trade and economic disputes we are having with the U.S. will persist for several years and won’t be resolved soon.

Four in 10 (42%) Canadians agree that PM Mark Carney will succeed in negotiating a new trade deal with President Trump’s administration, 22% disagree and the remainder are undecided (37%). 

This comes as Canadians believe the relationship with the U.S. is stabilizing, as half (54%) of Canadians say the relationship has remained the same over the past two weeks, a significant shift from August.

These are some of the findings of an Ipsos poll conducted between September 9 and 12, 2025 as part of our Trump, Tariffs, and Turmoil syndicated study. For this survey, a sample of n=2,001 Canadians aged 18+ was interviewed online, via the Ipsos I-Say panel and non-panel sources, and respondents earn a nominal incentive for their participation. Quotas and weighting were employed to balance demographics to ensure that the sample's composition reflects that of the adult population according to Census data and to provide results intended to approximate the sample universe. The precision of Ipsos polls which include non-probability sampling is measured using a credibility interval. In this case, the poll is accurate to within ± 2.7 percentage points, 19 times out of 20, had all Canadians been polled. The credibility interval will be wider among subsets of the population. All sample surveys and polls may be subject to other sources of error, including, but not limited to coverage error, and measurement error. Ipsos abides by the disclosure standards established by the CRIC, found here: https://canadianresearchinsightscouncil.ca/standards/

For more information on this news release, please contact:
Darrell Bricker, PhD
CEO, Ipsos Global Public Affairs
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